Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I haven't looked at the source yet, but from experimentation I'm finding it rather hard to guess what the rules are for what works and what doesn't: Python 3.7.3 (default, Mar 30 2019, 03:37:43) [Clang 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.5)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import decimal, fractions, numpy >>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=0.5) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: integer argument expected, got float >>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=decimal.Decimal(0.5)) [1, 2, 3] >>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=fractions.Fraction(0.5)) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: an integer is required (got type Fraction) >>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=numpy.int64(1)) [3, 2, 1] >>> sorted([1, 2, 3], reverse=numpy.bool_(True)) [3, 2, 1] ---------- nosy: +mark.dickinson _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37427> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com